YET

there’s a certain way

I want

to be loved

but who

am I

kidding 

– a large swath

in fact. borne

of some myth 

or another –

we don’t get

to dictate how

we get any goods.

I should be happy

I’m not confined

by imaginative limits

or even experience,

both are half-full

& yet – – – – –

a whole ocean

is lapping

at a shore

I can’t see.